Tampon Ghost

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Wax Poetics Presents: A Prince Mix by DāM-FunK

For the Wax Poetics ten-year anniversary and Issue 50 (Prince Issue), DāM-FunK (Stones Throw) creates an exclusive Prince DJ mix, including a new DāM-FunK track!

Track List
1. Prince & the Revolution - 17 Days (original version)
2. DāM-FunK - 17 Days (D-F Re-Freak)
3. Prince - Irresistible Bitch (Props Re-Edit)
4. Prince (featuring Andre Cymone & Pepe Willie) - One Man Jam
5. Prince - Wet Dream Cousin
6. Prince - Dirty Mind (1981 Live Version)
7. Prince - Soft & Wet (original version)
8. Prince - Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (D-F Extended Re-Edit)
9. Prince - Sticky Like Glue (Props Re-Edit)
10. Prince & the Revolution - All My Dreams

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Little Axe - Keep On Drinking (2011)

St. Vincent

So looking forward to her Melbourne gig...
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US Admiral Seeks Freer Hand in Deployment of Elite Forces

Oh do fuck off...

Britain is under threat from a rising tide of "militant secularisation", a cabinet minister has warned.

Religion is being "sidelined, marginalised and downgraded in the public sphere", Conservative co-chairwoman Baroness Warsi wrote in an article for the Daily Telegraph.
The Muslim peer said Europe needed to become "more confident and more comfortable in its Christianity".
She will also highlight the issue in a speech at the Vatican on Wednesday.
"I will be arguing that to create a more just society, people need to feel stronger in their religious identities and more confident in their creeds," she wrote in the Telegraph.
"In practice this means individuals not diluting their faiths and nations not denying their religious heritages."
Baroness Warsi, who is Britain's first female Muslim cabinet minister, went on to write: "You cannot and should not extract these Christian foundations from the evolution of our nations any more than you can or should erase the spires from our landscapes."
'Totalitarian regimes' 
She wrote that examples of a "militant secularisation" taking hold of society could be seen in a number of things - "when signs of religion cannot be displayed or worn in government buildings; when states won't fund faith schools; and where religion is sidelined, marginalised and downgraded in the public sphere".
She also compared the intolerance of religion with totalitarian regimes, which she said were "denying people the right to a religious identity because they were frightened of the concept of multiple identities".
Her comments come days after the High Court ruled that a Devon town council had acted unlawfully by allowing prayers to be said at meetings.
And, as BBC religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott reports, the Church of England could soon lose its traditional role as the provider of the chief chaplain to the Prison Service.
The Ministry of Justice has confirmed it is "considering arrangements" for appointing a new Chaplain-General - but the job might not go to an Anglican.
Our correspondent says the move may be seen by some Anglicans as the latest sign of the reduced influence of the "established" Church of England in public affairs.
'Outdated and divisive' 
On Baroness Warsi's article and speech, BBC political correspondent Louise Stewart said it was not the first time a senior Conservative had called for a revival of traditional Christian values.
"Last December, Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK was a Christian country and 'should not be afraid to say so'," she said.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) described Baroness Warsi's comments as "outdated, unwarranted and divisive".
"In an increasingly non-religious and, at the same time, diverse society, we need policies that will emphasise what we have in common as citizens rather than what divides us," sd BHA chief executive Andrew Copson.
Baroness Warsi's two-day delegation of seven British ministers to the Holy See will include an audience with Pope Benedict XVI, who visited the UK in 2010.
This visit marks the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of full diplomatic ties between Britain and the Vatican.
Meanwhile, new research suggests Britons who declare themselves Christian display low levels of belief and practice.
Almost three quarters of the 1,136 people polled by Ipsos Mori agreed that religion should not influence public policy, and 92% agreed the law should apply to everyone equally, regardless of their personal beliefs.
It also found that 61% of Christians agreed homosexuals should have the same legal rights in all aspects of their lives as heterosexuals.
And a further 62% were in favour of a woman's right to have an abortion within the legal time limit.
The survey was conducted for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK), which describes itself as promoting "scientific education, rationalism and humanism".
@'BBC'

Lou Reed - Live Paris 1974

 
With:
Danny Weiss - guitar,
Michael Fonfara - keyboards
Prakash John - bass
Pentti “Whitey” Glan - drums

Rick Santorum (Bad Lip Reading)

Oren Ambarchi & James Rushford - Melbourne Recital Centre (16 Feb 2012)

Last year James Rushford & I [Oren Ambarchi] wrote a piece for a small chamber ensemble called "Wreckage" which was premiered at the Ultima festival in Norway Sept 2011.
We are premiering it here in Melbourne next week at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Thurs Feb 16 with an Aussie ensemble.
More info here: http://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whatson/buytix?perfid=3672
Additionally James will be performing A. Lucier's stunning "Still Lives" piece
maybe see you there in your tux?
Kim Tan - bass flute
Karen Heath - bass clarinet
Phoebe Green - viola
Judith Hamann - cello
Nat Grant - percussion
James Rushford - piano
Oren Ambarchi - guitar
& whilst I'm at it, my new solo release on touch is finally out & features Mr.Rushford along with an all-star cast http://touchshop.org/product_info.php?products_id=495
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Patricia Highsmith

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A High-Tech War on Leaks

The Pirate Bay Says Goodbye to (Most) Torrents on February 29

The Pirate Bay has confirmed that all torrent files being shared by more than 10 people will be deleted on February 29. The decision is causing a small panic among the site’s users, but in reality little will change as all files will remain available through magnet links. The Pirate Bay crew told TorrentFreak that this is merely a “step forward in technology” and confirmed that the site is here to stay.
For half a decade The Pirate Bay has been the leading BitTorrent site, but soon its users will no longer be able to download .torrent files.
The first step in this direction will be taken on February 29, the Pirate Bay announced today.
Instead of deleting all torrent files at once, the Pirate Bay crew will start with all files that have more than 10 peers. This is to guarantee that people will still be able to download less popular files, which tend to start slower through magnets.
While there are fears that this is the end of The Pirate Bay, nothing could be further from the truth. For users of the site the upcoming switch is expected to go smoothly.
People will be able to download all files as usual, but instead of using a .torrent file downloads will be initiated through a magnet link. The actual content of the .torrent file will then be downloaded from other people instead of the Pirate Bay’s servers.
Although it might take a little longer for less popular downloads to get started, all files will remain available. Also, users will still be able to upload .torrent files, which will be converted into magnet links by The Pirate Bay.
The Pirate Bay team told TorrentFreak that the transition to a magnet site is “a step forward in technology,” and one that will make the site more resistant to being shut down.
Without torrents it takes less bandwidth to host a Pirate Bay proxy site which are used to circumvent ISP blockades in countries like Italy, Ireland, The Netherlands and Belgium. In addition, the Pirate Bay will become much more portable and thus easier to move around.
How easy it is to carry a copy of a torrent-less Pirate Bay became apparent last week, when a user reduced the entire site to 90 megabytes – small enough to fit on a tiny thumb drive. The Pirate Bay team likes the idea of a “portable” backup of the site and told TorrentFreak that they are considering releasing an official version in the future.
It’s quite remarkable to see how The Pirate Bay has transformed in recent years. The site is no longer hosting a tracker, and soon .torrent files will be entirely replaced by magnet links. Despite these changes the iconic file-sharing site is picking up new users every week.
The Pirate Bay crew told TorrentFreak that users can be assured that they have no intention of going anywhere in the near future. With or without torrents, the site is here to stay.
Ernesto @'TorrentFreak'

♪♫ Drew Smith - Smoke And Mirrors

Drew very kindly sent me a copy of his album and the great back story to the video above:

To celebrate the release of my album I decided to 'outsource' my video to India. I found a virtual assistant from a quick google search and then sent them my song, “Smoke and Mirrors”. By chance, the director ended up being a dance choreographer! After a couple of emails back and forth (plus a few early morning wake-up calls) I found this video in my inbox. It has kind of blown up over that weekend, going to #27 on the youtube charts, and spent half a day on front page of reddit. 160000 plays in three days! Crazy!
Previously my ex-E.S.L. student Sohee Jeon, had become an established animator in South Korea and made a video for The Secret Languages first single “Love Teeth”. The overwhelming positive response to that beautiful work convinced me to again look for a non-traditional video accompaniment. I hope you enjoy the music and feel free to share.
cheers,
Drew

Get the album here:

(Thanx Drew!)

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Black Captain/Coconuts (Black Cab Session)

At last count, one hundred. Not at the same time of course, and you have to ask the cab driver before you can let them in. Confused? Don’t be. Five ingenious London men—Jono Stevens, Gen Stevens, Chris Pattinson, Jonny Madderson and Will Evans from Hidden Fruit Promotions and Just So Films—were sitting down one day and trying to figure out a way to get their favorite musicians to play for them. They came up with the ‘Black Cab Sessions’. This is how you do it.
First, approach a musician. Every indie great has been in the back of a black cab for a session; Brian Wilson, Fleet Foxes, Laura Marling, Weezer, The Flaming Lips, Martha Wainwright and Death Cab For Cutie number among them. Second, approach a cabbie. Every performance is shot entirely in the back of the cab (providing the driver says yes) and is shot in a single take. The final step is to post the videos to the internet for quality viral musical infamy.
This is probably the most exciting set of musical performances since Queen teamed up with David Bowie. This latest clip from the ‘Black Cab Sessions’ is the hundredth in the series and features Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy performing Black Captain in all his crusty glory, accompanied by the darling Angel Olsen. The pink furry hat and the handlebar mustache are proof of how no one will ever be cooler than BPB.
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy is performing around Australia during March this year and across the UK in April and May. Check the dates here.
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Snoop Dog

(Thanx Toby!)